General Performance

The TVS-1282-i5-16G-450W same as the TVS-871-i3-4G is made by Qnap. By choosing Qnap people expect to see advanced configurations opportunities as well as innovative and more diverse business applications. You are able to customize the TVS-1282-i5-16G-450W to your needs. This model comes with new DDR4 technology random access memorty (RAM). DDR3 used to work at 800 MT/s (or Millions of Transfers per second) and some went as high as 2133. DDR4, starts at 2133 MHz. The increased speed means an overall increase in bandwidth. This unit also arrives with a One-touch Backup button on the front panel, when it is configured on the TVS-1282-i5-16G-450W, it can be used to backup data off of the USB device, or vice versa. Unlike the TVS-871-i3-4G this box has the Quad-core Intel® Core™ i5-6500 3.6 GHz processor. This box has i5 processor. Similarly like i7 it could likely have a "turbo boost" when needed. Another key difference between the TVS-871-i3-4G is RAM. TVS-1282-i5-16G-450W arrives with 16GB RAM. The TVS-1282-i5-16G-450W 16GB RAM compared with TVS-871-i3-4G 4GB is clearly weaker.

About Connections

At the back of the box you will find HDMI port which will let you connect it to TV or monitor. In this case you are not limited to network speeds. You might be interested in audio output ports. With TVS-1282-i5-16G-450W you can build a personal karaoke system with high-quality audio output. With four LAN ports this box is making good enterprise level NAS. Five USB3 ports on this Qnap is offering you up to 5Gb/s transfer speeds of external devices. It is fast enough to get your files through fairly quickly with this speed and make backing up with an external drive or Apple Time Machine a quick and easy process.

About Usage

With 8 bay unit you are having additional advantages. You can choose from number of RAID solutions to set up. There could be RAID that saves your data even if one of the drives fail so you can still recover your data. This would be slightly more safe option to keep your data. Besides you can still access your documents or media files over your private network or even internet.

Price And Warranty

This box comes with 2 year warranty for your peace of mind and long term hardware security. This is the most expensive box with the price tag £2,021.00.

General Performance

The TVS-871-i3-4G same as the TVS-1282-i5-16G-450W is made by Qnap. By choosing Qnap people expect to see advanced configurations opportunities as well as innovative and more diverse business applications. You are able to customize the TVS-871-i3-4G to your needs. The quiet cooling fan has been used in the construction of the TVS-871-i3-4G. This is what you want when box is sitting on your work desk. Unlike the TVS-1282-i5-16G-450W this box has the Dual-core Intel Core i3-4150 3.5 GHz processor. Another key difference between the TVS-1282-i5-16G-450W is RAM. TVS-871-i3-4G arrives with 4GB RAM. The TVS-871-i3-4G 4GB RAM compared with TVS-1282-i5-16G-450W 16GB is clearly weaker.

About Connections

With four LAN ports this box is making good enterprise level NAS. Three USB3 ports on this Qnap is offering you up to 5Gb/s transfer speeds of external devices. It is fast enough to get your files through fairly quickly with this speed and make backing up with an external drive or Apple Time Machine a quick and easy process. Sometimes when your business grows, you might consider getting a box with expansion capabilities. With this box you have all opportunities to do so. You might want to contact one of our tech guys to find out more.

About Usage

With 8 bay unit you are having additional advantages. You can choose from number of RAID solutions to set up. There could be RAID that saves your data even if one of the drives fail so you can still recover your data. This would be slightly more safe option to keep your data. Besides you can still access your documents or media files over your private network or even internet.

Price And Warranty

This box comes with 2 year warranty for your peace of mind and long term hardware security. This Qnap is £854.00 cheaper than the most expensive unit TVS-1282-i5-16G-450W.